Kidnapping

An 18-year-old Hampton woman and four teens were charged with abduction after an argument, police said. On May 27 about 2 p.m., officers responded to the 300 block of Old Buckroe Road, where a 17-year-old Hampton girl told them she had been forced into a vehicle by a group of teens she knew, Hampton Police Division spokesman Sgt. Jason Price said. Officers learned that she and the others had been walking in the 100 block of Ireland Street when they began fighting, and the victim was forced into a gold sedan. The vehicle was taken to the 200 block of West Chamberlin Avenue, Price said. The victim, who was not hurt, contacted her mother, who reported the incident to police. The teens...

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An 18-year-old Hampton woman and four teens were charged with abduction after an argument, police said.
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